Frog-ing Wicker....

No, I am not weaving frogs.  It is a needlework term. Rip it! Rip it! Rip it!  The frogging is on the left...Amazing.  It took me a couple of hours to weave it and only a couple of minutes to Ribbit it.

Then I started over with the #20 thread that I should have used in the beginning.

When I started once more, I had already decided on no hamper....Just an open basket.  Great minds think alike.

 I got all kinds of comments and all said that it should be open. 

The pattern is about the same.  Just more rows between the looped areas.

When I finished part of the basket, I decided that it should be very messy and with things spilling out.  A straight sided basket wouldn't work.

So I shaped the wires as I worked upwards and came up with a sort of wavy scalloped front.

When I finished the weaving, I edged it with braided thread and a chain stitch crochet thread to fill in the gaps between basket and braid.

As you can see, as soon as I started filling the basket, I got company.  First Widget had to smell. No food, so he left.

Then, Tessie had to dig.  She wanted to make sure that I didn't put anything in there that was of interest to her....The beads and the silk are now missing...

I guess I should go retrieve them  before she has a chance to hid them.

See you tomorrow.